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City of Dreadful Delight - Narratives of Sexual Danger in Late-Victorian London by Judith R. Walkowitz; Catherine R. Stimpson (Foreword by)
$51.95 AUD
Category: Special Orders | Series: Women in Culture and Society Series WCS (CHUP) Ser.
From tabloid exposes of child prostitution to the grisly tales of Jack the Ripper, narratives of sexual danger pulsated through Victorian London. Expertly blending social history and cultural criticism, Judith Walkowitz shows how these narratives reveal the complex dramas of power, politics, and sexuali ...Show more
Francesca Cacciniat the Meici Court Music and the Circulation of Power by Suzanne G. Cusick; Catharine R. Stimpson (Foreword by)
$74.95 AUD
Category: Special Orders | Series: Women in Culture and Society Ser.
A contemporary of Shakespeare and Monteverdi, and a colleague of Galileo and Artemisia Gentileschi at the Medici court, Francesca Caccini was a dominant musical figure there for thirty years. Dazzling listeners with the transformative power of her performances and the sparkling wit of the music she comp ...Show more
Monkey and the Monk An Abridgment of "The Journey to the West" by Yu Anthony C. Yu Anthony C.
$38.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Women in Culture and Society Ser.
Anthony C. Yu's celebrated translation of The Journey to the West reinvigorated one of Chinese literature's most beloved classics for English-speaking audiences when it first appeared thirty years ago. Yu's abridgment of his four-volume translation, The Monkey and the Monk, finally distills the epic nov ...Show more
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